After Jetblue offered $4 intracity commuter flights during “Carmageddon” from Burbank to Long Beach, Slate writer Tom Vanderbuilt put forth that a cyclist could likely make the trip in a shorter period of time. A group of cyclists from the Wolfpack Hustle acted on the idea earlier today … and they proved the theory correct.
Huge congrats to Wolfpack cyclists John Gabriel, Jon Budinoff, Fabian Vasquez, Evan Stade, Stephen Andranian and Aram Dellalian! Today is Wolfpack day in Los Angeles!
Will update after Jet Blue makes it to Long Beach! What an awesome event!
Update: It is believed that the @wolfpackhustle A Team averaged 24.8mph over 1 hour and 34 minutes!
Wolfpack photo by John Carl Martin!
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1 Bikers Beat JetBlue from Burbank to Long Island | Left Justified // Jul 18, 2011 at 9:14 am
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2 Great links to Wolfpack Hustle’s victory in the great bike vs plane race « BikingInLA // Jul 18, 2011 at 9:52 am
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3 5 Lessons from LA’s “Carmageddon” on Effective Media Messaging | Aquifer Media & Will Coley // Jul 18, 2011 at 8:15 pm
[...] which caused everyone to fear massive traffic jams.” Even though the title was stolen from a video game and hinged on a familiarity with the New Testament’s war to end all wars, it was easy to say and [...]